The draft of Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act, 2018 aims to make labour law worker-friendly while regulating the conduct of workers and owners in compliance with the standards of International Labour Organization (ILO).

The modern era of information and technology has turned our personal data into a valuable commodity. But unfortunately, the evolution of law protecting such commodity has failed to keep up with the ever-changing technologies.

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency invented in 2009 by a software developer allegedly named Satoshi Nakamoto with a goal to create “a new electronic cash system” that was “completely decentralised with no server or central authority.

The International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 was enacted to provide for the detention, prosecution and punishment of persons responsible for committing genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other crimes recognised under international law.

Death of patients caused by allegedly negligent treatment by doctors and hospitals has become common for quite some time in Bangladesh. This remains a very sensitive area as the medical profession is highly valued in our society.

Much has been written about the alleged banking scams in HallMark Group and also about the swindling of public money in BASIC Bank. These incidents appear to be outright scams and the magnitude of the money and people involved in them are very worrying and surely they entail outright squandering of

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Human Rights (HRs) often come in conflict. Under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the uniform and strict IPRs protection obligates all member countries irrespectively. Thus, the TRIPS Agreement causes concerns and challenges some important provision of human rights. Intellectual Property (IP) laws encourage creativity and innovation by granting individual of monopoly rights for a certain period of time. In one way it creates opportunity for the individuals, on the other it confronts the basic provisions of human rights.